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Panel Mania: Genius

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/10/2013 @ 02:00PM

In Genius, Ted Marx is a hard working quantum physicist, however his job is starting to overwhelm him. Then, he learns his father-in-law was entrusted with a dangerous secret by Einstein, which could be more devastating than the work that led to the atomic bomb. Ted attempts to learn the secret from his father-in-law, and struggles with whether to reveal Einstein's secret to those who might exploit it. Genius is written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Teddy Kristiansen. It will be published by First Second in July.
Ed Piskor’s Comics History of Hip Hop in the Bronx

By Maurice Boyer | 07/10/2013 @ 01:30PM

Lovers of Hip Hop and comic biographies will be waving their hands in the air this fall when Fantagraphics publishes Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor in October.
Panel Mania: March Book 1

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/10/2013 @ 10:00AM

March is a first hand account of Georgia Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights. Book 1 focuses on Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., and the non-violent lunch counter sit-ins. March is written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. It will de released by Top Shelf on August 13.
Marvel Targets Younger Readers

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/10/2013 @ 09:00AM

Marvel's "Share Your Universe" program is a new initiative aimed at providing free content to help hook younger readers.
Panel Mania: Justice League Dark Vol 2: The Books of Magic

| 07/09/2013 @ 08:00AM

In Justice League Dark Vol. 2: The Books of Magic, vampires across the world are attacking anything with a pulse, so Madame Xanadu mobilizes the team. However, everything they know about how to slay a vampire is useless in this strange world. Justice League Dark Vol. 2 will be released on July 10 by DC Comics. It was written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Mikel Janin.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/8/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 07/08/2013 @ 12:00PM

Big Feminist BUT Release party; Bob Fingerman at the Society of Illustrators; Zander & Kevin Cannon Signing; Glasgow Comic Con.
Image Expo 2013: Small Comic Con, Big Digital News

By Deborah Aoki | 07/06/2013 @ 08:00AM

Image Comics held their own mini comic-con last week, organizing Image Expo, an unusual single publisher-focused comics media event, where they announced a slew of new Image titles—and a new DRM-free digital content storefront that could change the digital content business for more than just comics.
Comixology Debuts Digital Subscriptions, Bundles

By Calvin Reid | 07/02/2013 @ 12:00AM

Comixology announced plans to offer a new digital subscription service that allows consumers to pay-for and receive series updates automatically and the ability to purchase digital bundles, groups of books and periodical comics offered at a discount off list price.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/1/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 07/01/2013 @ 12:00PM

7/1: Ed Brubaker in Berkeley, CA; 7/4-7/7: Florida Supercon in Miami, FL; 7/4-7/7: Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CA.
Three Libraries Win Eisners at ALA

By Calvin Reid | 07/01/2013 @ 12:00AM

At a ceremony held at the American Library Association Convention in Chicago, three librarians were awarded the second annual Will Eisner Graphic Novel Award for Libraries and will each receive prizes of $5,000 worth of graphic novels and cash.
Diamond Releases List of Common Core Graphic Novels at ALA

By Calvin Reid | 06/29/2013 @ 12:00AM

Compiled from works produced by its publisher-clients, Diamond Book Distributors has released The Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List, a collection of 101 graphic novels arranged by grade level that will satisfy the Common Core curriculum.
Iverse Media Debuts Digital Comics Lending Service at ALA

By Calvin Reid | 06/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

Comics Plus: Library Edition offers libraries an easy-to-use, budget-friendly way to circulate graphic novels.
Boom! Studios Acquires Archaia Entertainment

By Heidi MacDonald | 06/24/2013 @ 05:00PM

In the first sign of consolidation in the graphic novel market, Boom! Studios announced on Monday that they were acquiring Archaia Entertainment.
Obituary: Kim Thompson, 1956-2013

By Calvin Reid | 06/20/2013 @ 12:00AM

Kim Thompson, co-publisher of Fantagraphics Books as well as a superlative editor and translator of comics, died June 19 of lung cancer at his home in Seattle. He was 57.
Upcoming Comics Events: 6/17/2013

| 06/17/2013 @ 12:00PM

Comix NSFW Lecture; Witch Doctor: Mal Practice Release Party, East London Comics & Arts Festival
Dark Horse Expands Originals Line With New Ryan/McNeil, Webcomics Collections

By Heidi MacDonald | 06/14/2013 @ 02:00AM

Dark Horse is significantly ramping up its Original’s line of creator-owned graphic novels this fall with books by an array of award-winning creartors, including a new book by Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil and collections of webcomics Bandette and Sin Titulo.
Panel Mania: Blood-C Vol. 2

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/12/2013 @ 03:00PM

Blood-C is written by manga collective CLAMP and illustrated by Ranmaru Kotone. It follows Saya Kisaragi, a kind, clumsy student, who trains and performs duties at her father's shrine. However, at night she slays monsters that are beginning to eat humans and threaten her friends. Blood-C Vol. 2 will be released by Dark Horse in June.
Marvel's New Original Graphic Novel Line Could Be a Game Changer

By Heidi MacDonald | 06/12/2013 @ 02:00PM

Marvel's new line of original grahpic novels opens a whole new business for them.
Panel Mania: A Distant Soil Vol. 1

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/12/2013 @ 01:00PM

Colleen Doran's out of print sci-fi, fantasy comic, A Distant Soil Vol. 1 has been collected into a new, digitally remastered edition. The series has not had a new edition in seventeen years, and this version features restored and re-lettered pages. A Distant Soil Vol. 1 will be released in June by Image Comics.
Panel Mania: Solo Deluxe Edition

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/12/2013 @ 11:00AM

The acclaimed 12-issue series Solo, which features great comics creators interpreting DC characters in their own way, is being collected into a deluxe edition. The book includes work by Darwyn Cooke, Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Mike Allred, Neil Gaiman, Paul Pope, and Howard Chaykin. It was released by DC Comics on June 5th.

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